Boxing News magazine 5.4.2002 Download pdf

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Braithwaite in Rome
THE vacant WBC cruiserweight title will be contested by
dangerous Guyanese Wayne Braithwaite and Italian
Vincenzo Cantatore in Rome on June 1.
Purse bids were avoided when Vlad Wharton, who
manages world light-welterweight champ Kostya Tszyu,
and Salvatore Cherchi agreed terms.
Braithwaite is unbeaten in 17 and Cantatore 27-2. The
title was given up by Cuban Juan Carlos Gomez, who is now
boxing as a heavyweight.

Forrest gets tough
IT appears Shane Mosley's continual claims his defeat by
Vernon Forrest in January resulted more from butts than
his opponent's fists has wound up the new WBC welterweight
champion.
Now Forrest is insisting a rematch is not going to happen
unless he gets a 60 per cent share of the purse.
"I'm fed up with Shane's complaining," he said. "I had a
lot of respect for the way he took defeat on the night, but
now he's sounding like a sore loser.
"He didn't hand me the title. I beat him."

Camacho admission
FOLLOWING his first professional defeat, Hector Camacho
Jnr has admitted he let himself down in training and took
Argentine opponent Omar Weis lightly.
This was evident by the fact Camacho Jnr came in overweight,
but he told a Puerto Rican newspaper this week he
was considering a May 18 fight and hiring former triple-weight
,'world' champion Wilfredo Gomez to help in the comer.

WASHINGTON DC - March 28: SHARMBA MITCHELL,
the former WBA light-welterweight champion,
made his first appearance since losing his crown 14
months ago to Kostya Tszyu.
Southpaw Mitchell unanimously outpointed BERNARD
HARRIS over 10 rounds before a crowd of around 2,000
at DAR Constitution Hall, though struggled a little in the
fifth and had to take several rights in the eighth.
Mitchell recorded his 48th win against three defeats.
It was fairly repetitive and Sharmba's win overwhelming.
Harris, a former Naseem Hamed sparring partner from
Detroit, was naturally the smaller man and hence lacked
the power to cause an upset.